In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft flying scheduled passenger service in North America are cause for celebration.

In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft flying scheduled passenger service in North America are cause for celebration.

At its 2002 peak, 362 of the MD-80 aircraft made up 44% of the carrier’s fleet. “If American kept the Super 80 until I’m 65, I’d be flying it,” Gomez said.

The jet “basically was American Airlines,” Gomez said. At its 2002 peak, 362 of the MD-80 aircraft made up 44% of the carrier’s fleet. “If American kept the Super 80 until I’m 65, I’d ...

Julio Gomez has flown the MD-80 for his entire 20-year career at American Airlines. But he can’t bring himself to make that final trip into the New Mexico desert.

By 2003 American Airlines, the first to introduce the aircraft to its fleet, was operating 362 MD-80 airplanes, nearly one-third of all of MD-80 planes ever to be created by manufacturer McDonnell ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, an old-school workhorse of the skies, used to be the mainstay of American Airlines, which in the 1980s saw the modest jet as the engine for its growth.

The notion that only one person survived the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people on board is sparking interest on ...

News of the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash that killed the other 241 people aboard has led to endless fascination ...

News of the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash that killed the other 241 people aboard has led to endless online ...